February 27, 2004
Howard Kurtz Gets it Wrong
In regards to Howard Stern, Howard Kurtz gets it wrong.
So Clear Channel drops the Stern show from six stations (along with Bubba the Love Sponge). A Stern caller (the man who taped himself going at it with Paris Hilton, who nonetheless has a reality show on Fox) had said something ugly and racial on the air and it wasn't deleted the way it should have been. What a perfect time to ax the program, what with the company's CEO heading up to the Hill to testify.
Actaully the guest Kurtz is referring to is Rick Salomon, and he didn't say anything ugly or racial, it was a caller. Such racial statements are rarely bleeped on the Howard Stern show. I know, I happened to be listening to that day and heard the exchange.
Link via InstaPundit.
Update: Clay Ranck has a very good post on this as well. Read the whole thing.
Blaming all this on Bush, Powell and the FCC is stupid. It is stupid because it exonerates Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and CBS for their behavior. They violated the rules, and now they are over-reacting to the consequences and guys like Howard Stern should stop whining so much.
Posted by Steve at February 27, 2004 12:06 PMI've been going after Jeff Jarvis on this subject, since Jeff is all worked up about the stifling of "free speech". I have a post up on the subject that I wrote last night while debating some of the commenters on Jeff's site...
Posted by: Clay Ranck on February 27, 2004 12:49 PMGood post Clay, I've linked to it.
Posted by: Steve on February 27, 2004 01:02 PMSince 2001 I've put on weight and lost hair. I blame it on Bush, Powell, the FCC, and Karl Rove.
Posted by: JorgXMcKie on February 27, 2004 11:18 PM